Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-25

yard. the secretary Will make the examination
submitted with q view Of learning exactly what
is recommended and what changes are necessary.
s Is to to nnad
the yard into an ordnance foundry may be COM
menced.
The FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been made In
the Treasury department: Sixth auditors Office
w. j. Hotaling and Payson Burrttt, from class
three to class four; II. v. Reffert and Thomas Il.
ner and W. H. McNiel, from class one to class TWO;
A. b. stone, from 81 600 to class one; James Tay-
!or from $500 to class one. Fifth auditors Office
11bbetts. from class one to class two Third audi
TORS omce-W. S. Campbell and E. s. WOOdfOrd,
from class one to class two. SecodA controllers
omce-Mrs. j. B. Cutler, from 5000 to class one.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FA1RCtILD continues to act
as Secretary Of the Treasury at Mr. Manning's re-
quest
OFFERED TO PRESIDENT WHrfE.-The New York
Tribune says: president Cleveland has offered
the position OF commissioner under the interstate
commerce bill to ex-PreSident Andrew D. White,
OF Cornell university"
SECRETARY ENDIco1T was on duty at the War
department to-day.
THE RIVIERA EARTHQUAKE HERE.-The seismo-
scope in the physical laboratory at the signal Office
in this city disturbed by and recorded at seven
hours and thirty three minutes a.m 7.5O meridian
time, February q inst, the arrival at this point
OF the earthquake In France and Italy. A rough
calculation gives about 11ve hundred miles per
hour as the velocity OF the movement.
ARMY ORDERs-Capt. L. 8. lesson, assistant
surgeon, now leave in this city, is relieved from
duty in the department Of the east and ordered to
Chicago for duty as attending surgeon headouar-
cruits. Sergeant John Ryan, battery B, Sd artil-
lery, retired. Thirty-five recruits have been Or
dered to the departments OF Arizona and the Mis-
SOllrI nineteen the 9th Infantry SfYfQpn
for the 18th infantry.
NAVAL ORDERs.-C Commodore L. "A. Kimberly.
detached from command of the Boston navy yard
March 25th. and ordered to hold himself in readi-
ness lor sea service. Lieut. 7. p. Gilmore has re-
MS return 70 tne United states having been
and has been placed on waiting orders. PaymaS-
ter Geo. H. Read, detched from special duty at the
New York navy yard and ordered TO settle ac-
counts and wait orders.
Paymaster l. A. Yorke, has been discharged from
the navy from March cath, 1857, with one years
pay. He was eligible for promotion but when ex-
amined by the naval examining board, some time
anS s1s
quest he was granted q rehearing before the board
but the findings were not changed. After the ap.
prOval by the President he has been discharged
from the service according to law.
A GENERAL Army ORDER has been issued, as
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term OF service Of regimental adjutants and quar-
termasters to four years, and providing that they
shall not be eligible for second term OF such
duty, nor shall an Of1cer who served in either
capacity be eligible to appointment in the other
except to I'LL an unexpired term OF four years.
This order Is regarded as natural sequence OF
the order of 1885 limiting the term OF service OF
army foresaw that such would be the result, and
made changes in their adjutants and Quartermas-
ters but the other thirty-eight will be compelled
to make the changes required by the new order as
soon as the four years OF service allowed have ex-
pired.
CONVICTED OF RECEIVING ILLEGAL FEKs.-The
Commissioner OF the General Land Onice has re-
ceived Information that Max Frost late register of
the United States land ONCE at santa Fe, New
Mexico was yesterday convicted OF receiving illegal
fees and was sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary.
THE UMArILLA INDIAN LANDs.-The Secretary OF
the Interior has recommended to Congress that the
law requiring the sale OF the surplus lands OF the
Umatilla Indian reservation, in oregon, at the
proper land onlce, lie Grande, be changed so as to
allow the sale to take place on the reservation as
desired by many Of the Indians who wish to be-
come purchasers at the sale.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS To.pAY.were
Attorney General Garland, Senators German,
Brown, Colquitt, Salisbury, Payne, Williams and
Reprsssn5ssiyes Hsmgh Boun
GeddeS with w. Z. AlberSOn and .Mr. Conn, OF
Ashland, Ohio; I. j. Campbell F. Campbell Daniel
Louden, with II. C. Moore; Geo. E. Hageman and
w. Fisk Conrad, OF Pa; seymour and Storm with
Col Ricketts,, Judge Mclean, G. b. johnson and f.
+. BOgert, or Wilkesbarre; Alex. w. Copeland,
postmaster at Detroit, and Chas C. Hubbard, col
lector OF customs OF Connecticut.
PERSONAL. - Representative-elect Kilgore OF
Texas is ut the MetrOpOlitan.-C. G. coiville, and
William Brown OF New York, 4. B. Carey of Phila-
delphia, and c. b. Gordon Of Alabama, are at the
NattOnal.-Mrs. j. l. Gulick OF Washington is at
Old Point COmfOrt.-C. ID. LathrOp OF Chicago
Horace l. Hotchkiss, II. II. Lippa, Francis Bart
lett and &. H. Ripley OF New York, are at Worm
leya-MrS. and Miss p. Collins, Lieut.. Comman-
der Impey and Charles MapleSOn OF Washing.
ton, were registered in Paris yesterday
SenatOr-elect StOckOrtdge Of Michigan, E. II. Per-
kins, 1r., A. 8. Barnes and A. J. Vanderp0el Of New
York, Geo. w. Thompson Of Boston and W. j.
Boardman OF Cleveland, are at the Arlin0ton.-
Representative Anderson OF Ohio Supervising
Architect Bell, Director OF the Mint Kiniball and
Commander SchOOnmaker were registered in New
York last night. g. unette, Henry Lewis II.
]. Stanley and E. Betty or Cincinnati Frank AL
len and H. C. Calkin OF New York, VIM. Ward OF
Erie Pa, and s. H. Cramp OF Philadelphia, are at
the RtggS.-Paul Beck ana Nathan Schwab OF
New York are at Welckers.--R. G. Head or C0lu-
rado. Homer n. lockwood, Thos. Sturg1s. Elmire
Willets and ChaS Steckler Of New York f. A. Bhu.
feldt or Chicago and h. K. Beatty OF Pttsbufg are
at tWtllard's.-B. T. M0rey OF Washington was In
g. Louis on Wednesday:-Mr Hodgson, U. s.
district attorney OF Colorado Is In the city Tor